j-lyn's corner

took a break from trying to turn the foreclosure into a livable place and went out for a run.

I coined the term "deproving," which is the opposite of improving. my chest was tight and with a dull pain, came home and coughed for an hour and couldn't stop it.

 figured I'd need a couple more days. pneumonia is death. 

I had forgotten how light and comfortable the Vertical K's were! So sensitive, so light, so cushioned... man.

When out with JM in the dark. Utterly brilliant run- after sunset but enough light noise that no headlamp was needed, snow was warm and traction was excellent, my body felt alive again...

Still had a cough, but getting there. Energy levels were high, I had to restrain from wanting to go faster.

New blog entry is up. I tried not to whine about pneumonia too much. It sucked. I usually work from home and took over 2 weeks off becuase I couldn't lift my body into an upright position. Pretty lame-o.

Song of the day is.... there's a few, they're on the blog post.

http://jennilyneaton.blogspot.com/2013/02/perspective-musical-edition.html 

Backpacked in to the yurt with my love. We got there just before midnight. Thank heavens for my GPS or we wouldn't have found the yurt from where it left the trail. I hate carrying a heavy pack. My back is not meant for labor.

What happens when you take your ultrarunner away on a romantic getaway? They leave you to chop wood while they go for a run in the afternoon sun. Good thing he's used to me. :)

REALLY struggled, especially on the uphills, if my breathing gets hard then my chest/cough/congestion hits in. I had a lot of elevation gain, but still averaged about 20-30sec slower per mile than my pre-pneumonia pace. I'm obviously still under.

Blog post on the getaway on a later day.